Though AFRAM is best known for the R&B, hip-hop and soul artists who headline the festival each year, the Baltimore tradition also doubles as a vibrant marketplace for visual artists, fashion designers and other creatives from across the East Coast. As thousands gather for the music, artisans use the weekend to share work rooted in Black culture, identity and storytelling.
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From roots to remedies: How two entrepreneurs are preserving ancestral herbal knowledge
Herbalism, one of the oldest forms of medicine in the world, has deep roots in Africa and the Caribbean. Black women entrepreneurs Monica Joseph and Shalita O’Neale are keeping that ancestral knowledge alive—growing herbs, creating natural products and teaching their communities about the healing power of plants.
